Health Law Workshop: Michael Ashley Stein

This is a past event

Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics

Please note the change of location for this session.

This is a joint session with Professor Stein’s course on “Disability, Human Rights, and Development.”

Presentation

Presentation: Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics

The readings are not available for download. Please contact Jennifer Minnich (jminnich@law.harvard.edu) to receive a copy in preparation for the workshop.

This presentation is drawn from the forthcoming volume Disability, Health, Law, and Ethics, co-edited by I. Glenn Cohen, Carmel Shachar, Anita Silvers, and Michael Ashley Stein. The book, which is based on the proceedings of the Petrie-Flom Center’s 2018 annual conference, will be published in Spring 2020. Join us on Tuesday, April 14, for a book launch event featuring editors and authors from the book!

About the Presenter

Michael Ashley Stein is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School since 2005. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on disability law and policy, Stein participated in the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; works with disabled peoples’ organizations and non-governmental organizations around the world; actively consults with governments on their disability laws and policies; advises a number of UN bodies and national human rights institutions; and has brought landmark disability rights litigation globally.

Stein has received numerous awards in recognition of his transformative work, including the inaugural Morton E. Ruderman Prize for Inclusion; the inaugural Henry Viscardi Achievement Award; and the ABA Paul G. Hearne Award. His authoritative and path-breaking scholarship has been published worldwide by leading journals and academic presses, and has been supported by fellowships and awards from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research, among others.

Stein holds an Extraordinary Professorship at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights, is a visiting professor at the Free University of Amsterdam, and teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He earned a JD from Harvard Law School (where he became the first known person with a disability to be a member of the Harvard Law Review), and a PhD from Cambridge University. Stein previously was Professor (and Cabell Professor) at William & Mary Law School, taught at New York University and Stanford law schools, and was appointed by President Obama to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.